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Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta was designated a National Heritage Area on March 12, 2019. The city of Stockton is located on the San Joaquin River at the eastern edge of the delta. The total area of the Delta, including both land and water, is about 1,100 square miles (2,800 km 2). Its population is around 500,000.
10,000 – 21,000 cars (2013) [4][5] Location. The Rio Vista Bridge (officially the Helen Madere Memorial Bridge) is a continuous truss span with a vertical-lift bridge in the middle which carries California State Route 12 across the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, California. The present bridge was completed in 1960 and is one of several ...
Below Rio Vista, the lower Sacramento River is rejoined by the Deep Water Ship Channel and the Yolo Bypass and curves southwest along the base of the Montezuma Hills, forming the border of Solano and Sacramento Counties. This part of the river is dredged for navigation by large oceangoing vessels and averages three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km ...
Rio Vista is a small city in Solano County approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Sacramento, on the Sacramento River in the Sacramento River Delta.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.1 square miles (18 km 2), of which, 6.7 square miles (17 km 2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2) of it (5.68%) is water.
Liberty Island is a mostly-flooded island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, [2][3][4] in Solano County, California. [5][6][7][8] It is administered by Reclamation District 2093. [9] Its coordinates are 38°17′13″N 121°40′43″W[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981.
The Ryer Island Ferry is a ferry that operates between Rio Vista and Ryer Island, crossing Cache Slough in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) operates the vehicle roll-on/roll-off service, which is classified as part of California State Route 84. [1]
The Rio Vista Gas Field is a large natural gas field in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in northern California, adjacent to Rio Vista, California. Discovered in 1936, and in continuous operation since, it has produced over 3.6 trillion cubic feet (100 km 3) of gas in its lifetime, and retains an estimated reserve of approximately 330 ...
Sherman Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta at the confluence of the two rivers in Sacramento County, California, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast of Antioch. The 5,500 ha (14,000 acres) island, mostly managed by Reclamation District 341, [2] is the meeting point of Sacramento, Solano, and Contra Costa Counties, and is ...